Lenta LLC

LENTA is the first largest hypermarket chain and the fourth largest retail chain in the country. The company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 248 hypermarkets in 88 cities across Russia and 131 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, the Urals and Central regions with a total sales area of 1.4 million sq. M. The average retail area of one LENTA hypermarket is about 5,500 sq. M, the average supermarket area is 800 sq. M. The company operates twelve distribution centers.

The company develops several formats of low-priced hypermarkets, which differ in marketing and pricing policies, as well as in the assortment of goods from local producers. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had over 50,000 employees.